Display device



March 19, 1935. M, M, GOLDBERG 1,994,513

Original Filed Dec- '7, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 v March 19, 1935. GOLDBERG 1,994,513

DISPLAY DEVICE Original Filed Dec. 7. 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 A9 INVENTOR.

Patented Mar. 19, 1935.

PATENT OFFICE DISPLAY DEVICE Maurice M. Goldberg, New York, N. Y., assignor, by mesne assignments, to Albert M. Danzig,

, New York, N. Y..

Substitute for application Serial No. 324,499, December 7, 1928. This application May 8, 1934, Serial N0. 724,550 8 6 Claims." (01. 206 -29) 7 This disclosure is a'reapplication of abandoned petition Serial No. 324,499 filed 12/7/1928, and relates to new and useful-improvements in display devices, including as an element thereof '5 a one piece hinged covering element wherein an integrally formed display object is caused to move across the face of the said element when the same is moved about its hinge.

An object of the invention is to provide such a cover element, which may be produced as a unit, and thereafter applied as an attachment to a folder, a book of matches, a box receptacle, or any similar object as desired. However the cover element need not be madeseparately as an attachment unit, but may be made as part of the original manufacture of the above mentioned manufactures. i

A further object of the invention is to provide such a cover that may be combined with'the standard book of paper matches now so commonly used by the public, such combination may take place with the cover as a separate unit, or as part'of the original manufacture.

A further object of the invention is to provide a guard for the match heads of this type of match container which will allow the outside cover of the container to remain open'while a match is being struck, and which will protect the said match heads from any danger of ignition due to the flame or sparks generated when the match is being struck.

Further objects and uses of the invention will appear in the following description and drawings of the same wherein like reference characters designate like parts:

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the novel covering element combined with a standard book of matches.

Fig. 2 is an edge view of a book of matches with the cover portion thereof in closed position.

Fig. 3 is an edge view of a book of matches with the cover portion thereof folded in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 4 is a face view of my improved covering element.

\ Fig. 5 is a plan view of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of my improved covering element combined with a folder.

Fig. 7 is a view of my improved covering element as cut out and when in fiat condition prior to folding of the same and,

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of my improved covering element combined with a box receptacle.

The improved covering element 1 is shown fiat in Fig. 7 and is preferably made rectangular in shape, although obviously it need not have this particular shape. Along the edge 6 thereof is formed a projection 2 comprising an integral arm having at its outer end an upstanding part 3. There is a slot 4formed in 1 here shown as substantially horizontal, although it need not be so placed. The slot may be placed at most any angle through a limited range as will hereinafter appear. The element 1 may be made of any type of flexible sheet material such as metal, fibre,

paper or cardboard, which latter is the preferable material. The arm 2, the part 3, and the 7 slot 4 are all adapted, by virtue of being integral,

to be cut to shape by a single stamping cutting operation from a single sheet of material. Of course theymay be cut separately if desired.

There is a background design on the sheet material 1 as shown at 5, and there is also a design on the face of part 3, but this design is on the opposite sideof the unit when the same is in fiat condition. That is, whereas the design 5 is on the top or face in Fig. 7, the design on 3 is on-the underneath side of the upstanding part 3. Consequently when the arm 2 is bent along the edge 6 and the projection 3 inserted through the slot 4, the design on 3 will face'to the front similarly to the design 5 on the sheet 1. The sheet 1 is adapted to be folded along the line B as shown in Figs. 6 and 8. It may also be folded along the line A, as isdesirable when applying the cover to a book of matches. When the plane of the material between the fold line B and the edge 6 is parallel to the plane of the material of that portion of sheet 1 containing the design 5, the part 3 will be at the end 8 of the slot 4, the arm 2 being made of appropriate length to cause this to be so. When the plane of the material between fold line B and edge 6 is moved at an angle, around hinge edge B, (Figs. 4 and 5) relativeto the main portion of the sheet 1, the arm 2 moves along slot 4 from end 8 to end 7 and carries the part 3 along the said slot and in front of the design 5. By having the design 5 of such character that the moving design on 3 cooperates therewith, a pleasing effect is secured by virtue of the movement. The design 5 may show the parts of a baseball field, and the face of part 3 may represent a baseball. Then in the motion of 3 along the design 5, the effect will be that of a baseball in motion in its natural path when in use. Of course any advertising matter may be placed on the part 3 and on the design 5 and any type of cooperating design may be used as desired. Furthermore the angle of the slot 4 on the sheet 1 may be made as desired with the appropriate angle of bend between the arm 2 and the edge 6, to give the movement to part 3 at many angles across the design 5.

In Fig. 2 is shown the standard book type of match 9 so generally in use to-day, comprising the strip of paper matches 11 made up of stem and lighting head, the cover 12 folding over the matches and closing by taking the end 16 thereof under the lip 1'7. A staple 10, as shown, fastens the paper strip of matches inside the cover 12. This is the usual type of book match available at almost all cigar stands. Ordinarily in the use of the match box, the cover part 16 must be tucked under the part 17, before the detached paper.

match is struck on the chemically treated part of the cover adjacent the staple 10, in order to protect the matches from the flame and spark generated in lighting the match. As shown in Fig.3, I take the cover 12, and then cause it to be folded along the lines shown. The cover 12 is folded at 13, back onitself, some short distance above the match heads, usually about one half inch more or less. It is then folded at right angles to itself as at 14, as shown, about one half inch more or less from 13. It is then folded at right angles LO itself again as at 15, as shown, about one quarter inch from 14, more or less. This leaves the part from fold to end 16, about one half inch more or less, extending parallel to and over the match heads and the upper portions of the stems, and thereby provides a guard for the same. It is to be understood that the above given dimensions may be varied between any limits consistent with the gen eral patterns of this invention. a

In .Fig. 1 is shown the combined book match, with cover folded as shown in Fig. 3, and the display cover of Figs. 4, 5, and 'l, folded as there shown. The display cover unit 1 of Fig. 5 is fastened to the match book cover by placing the area of the sheet between the fold B and the edge 6, on. that part of the match book cover designated between the fold lines 13 and 14., as shown in Fig. 1. When this is done the extra fold at A, fits over the fold 15 and allows the main part of the'sheet 1 to extend over the strip of paper matches,'and the forward edge 21 of the sheet 1 is adapted to be tucked under the lip' 17. The display cover is fastened to the book match by staples or any other suitable fasteners, thus joining two thicknesses of book match cover to the thickness of the sheet 1 extending between the fold line B and the edge 6. The part- 3 extends through the slot 4 and lies between the matches and the display cover 1 when the latter is tucked under the lip 17. In use the edge 21 of the cover 1 is removed from underthe lip 17 and in thus moving the cover about the fold line B, the part 3 travels across the slot 4 thus giving the moving effect. A match is then removed from the book in the usual way and this may be struck without reclosing sheet cover 1 and without danger to the remaining matches, by reason of the guard cover terminating at 16.

In Fig. 6 the unitary display element lis shown as attached to a display folder 18 by means of staples 10. Herein only fold B is employed. The

device op'erates'as hereinbefore described when the part 18"is opened relative'to the sheet lto swing about the fold line B with consequent moving of part 3 across face 5 along slot 4. The fold line B-is forward of the rear edge of sheet18,

which rear edge is adjacent edge'fi. Advertising may be placed on 18.

' In Fig. 8 the unitary display element isshown attached to a box 19by means of staples 10. The

edge 21 is tucked under the lipformed on the box. 'I'he'operation of this cover is similar tothat unit comprising a sheet of flexible material having an arm'of like material projecting from an edge thereof, said sheet of material having a'slot therein at an angle to the named edge, thesaid arm being adapted to-be folded-about the named edge and the end thereof project through the near end of the slot, said sheet of material being adapt-r ed to be folded along a line transverse to the line of the slot and at a place between the near end of the slot and the named-edge, whereby the folding causes the said arm to travel along the said slot. V V I a 4 a 2.. As a new article of manufacture thedisplay unit of claim 1 wherein the arm is an=integrally formed part of saidsheet, g t r 3. As. a new article of manufacture the display unit of claim 1 wherein one face of the sheet-has a background design thereon and the end of the arm projecting through the slot has a. design thereon, whereby when the end of the army is caused to move along the said slot, the design; on Y I the end of the arm moves across the background design and cooperates therewith in the visual-e f. fect producedv thereby.

4. As a newarticle of manufacture the, display unit offclaim 1 combined with a-standard book of matches as the cover thereof.

5. As a new article of manufacture the display unit ofclaim 1 combinedwith astandar d bookiof matches, as the cover thereofl the usualcover of the book comprising an auxiliary cover for the matches.

6. As a new article of manufacturethedisplay unit of claim 1 combined with any suitable-base there .for and fastened thereto on the area between the fold line and the named edge ofthe said unit.

w MAURICE M. GOLDBERQ; 

